Jewelry Design Grader (Ic)

Salary: $13.50 per review, 6-8 hours per week

Position Summary:

Manhattan design school seeks New York tri-state area Jewelry Design Grader to evaluate student projects from their home. This is a part-time/freelance position. We are looking for Jewelry Designers who have approximately 6-8 hours per week available to evaluate student work, and a minimum of five years working as a professional jewelry maker selling your own work.

This course teaches the foundations of cold connection techniques only. Techniques taught are wire wrapping, forging, knotting, bead weaving and some others, along with the knowledge of photographing and selling work. The course takes 1-2 years to complete. Knowledge of hand crafting jewelry techniques, photographing work and selling work is a required. An understanding of metalsmithing is a plus but not required.

Our students are beginners and advanced amateurs, so it is necessary to mentor these students and help them master the principles of Jewelry Design following our course curriculum that we will train you on. You’ll make an audio recording that will be uploaded to the course as feedback on the submitted projects.

Pay is $13.50 per review, and you choose how many units you would like to grade per week. Evaluations are made as digital audio recordings so a clear speaking voice and the ability to express your thoughts clearly are very important. Access to a computer and the internet is also needed.

Essential Job Functions:

• Objectively and accurately evaluate subjective exams, proctored exams, and projects against established grading keys and rubrics
• Provide clear and effective feedback to students
• Complete the necessary steps to ensure that grades are properly recorded with the school
• Correspond with students as may be required by the exam evaluation
• Graders may provide input to instructional staff regarding areas of student difficulty
• Graders may be asked to develop grading rubrics as directed by the instructional staff
• Participate in special grading projects which may be required by the instructional staff

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Hands on jewelry making skills with at least five years’ experience creating and selling work
• Proficient with techniques such as wire wrapping, forging, knotting, and bead weaving
• Teaching experience is preferred but will train the right candidate
• Include a link to a site or portfolio page of work to be reviewed

About Us:

At Penn Foster Group, we are transforming online learning to help learners by uniting Penn Foster, CareerStep, Ashworth College, James Madison High School, the New York Institute of Photography, the New York Institute of Art and Design, and other education platforms. Together, we create an accelerated path to greater economic mobility through real-world skills and knowledge that enable them to achieve long-term success in the workplaces of the future. Our history dates back to 1890 when our founder, Thomas Foster, pioneered distance education by offering training by mail for coal miners to get the necessary skills for safer jobs. Today, with the partners who use our education and training programs, we continue that mission of providing accessible training and education for in-demand skills and are building a workforce that’s prepared for the future job market.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

We strive toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Penn Foster Group by intentionally building teams that are diverse – in identities, lived experiences, and ideas to create a culture where people feel connected to each other and have a sense of belonging. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion because it is the foundation that enables us to achieve what we set out to do as an organization – from maximizing the number of learners who can reach their goals while giving them the kinds of experiences we want them to have, to becoming the type of company we want to work in.

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